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Friday, May 16, 2008
WWD Letter From

Letter From: Los Angeles

Vital Statistics

Fashion

It's Showtime
Los Angeles Fashion Market, Fall I, March 14-18, at California Market Center, The New Mart, Cooper Design Space and Gerry Building.
L.A. Fashion Schools Earn High Grades
New York may have the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons The New School for Design, but Los Angeles boasts its own world-class fashion schools, as well. Here, a closer look.

They Are Wearing

The Power of Prints
Los Angeles is full of stark prints -- Sixties polkadots, New-Wave stripes and sweet flower motifs.  

Retail

L.A. Retailers Seek to Set Themselves Apart in Unstable Market
Los Angeles retailers have already weathered a three-month writers' strike and a steep housing market decline, but more tough times may be ahead.
Denim Retailer Not Crying the Blues
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. -- Leave it to a former schoolteacher raised in Louisiana to teach a lesson on how to sell designer dungarees at the beach.

Favorite Food Stops

In Good Taste
Los Angeles is known for the diversity of its dining, but downtown boasts a culinary mix all its own.